U.S. posted a
record high $230 billion trade deficit with China in 2005.

In 2014, China
spent $129 billion on its military.

China is a recognizednuclear weapons state and has the world'slargest standing army, with thesecond largest defense budget.

oChina has developed cyber warfare capabilities to
attack computers and satellites.

oChina has badly reneged on its promises to cease
proliferation of weapons technology.

·The Chinese strategic deception program
was launched by Mao Zedong in 1955 and put forth the widespread misbelief that China is a poor, backward, inward-looking
country and therefore the United States has to help them to remain friendly.

oThe Chinese strategy is aimed at gaining global economic
dominance.

oChina’s military buildup is but one part.

§China’s “assassin’s
mace” weapons, missiles and other exotic arms, are being built to defeat
satellites and knock out aircraft carriers, using high-tech arms, including
electromagnetic pulse weapons.

§Reagan agreed to sell six major
weapons systems to China but required that continued aid be conditioned on
China remaining unaligned with Moscow and liberalizing its communist system.

oBeijing’s lobbied from 1995 to 2000 with
Congress for approval of a Most-Favored National trade status for China

oChina will undermine the United Nations and World Trade
Organization to “delegitimize” the U.S.-led world order in order to
promote its global system.

oChina’s most important foreign policy priority was to
manage the decline of the United States,” revealing that China is working
against U.S. interests in supporting rogue states and selling arms to
America’s enemies.

Aggressive Chinese
activities in the South China Sea have been on the rise since 2009, especially
in the Paracel and Spratly Islands with Vietnam,
and the Scarborough Shoal with the Phillipines.

Since Tiananmen
Square, communist repression has grown worse, not better.

oThere are over 1,000
“re-education-through-labor” camps scattered across the country.

China’s
support for Iran, Burma, North Korea, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe enhance
international legitimacy and protect from UN sanctions.

Japan is a beacon of freedom in Asia.

Japan has the world'stenth largest population, with over 126 million people,
but a 1.43 fertility rate in 2013.

Japan has
experienced a sharp drop in a GDP of $4.6 trillion.

Japan is a
pillar of security in Asia.

Japan holds $1.39
trillion in U.S. debt.

Japan is the
third largest U.S. trading partner with imports of $51 billion and exports
of $121 billion.

Japan is the
largest investor in the U.S. economy at $2.6 trillion over the past 10
years.

Japan has the
third largest defense budget in the world of $48 billion.

Japan is the
host to the bulk of American military in Asia.

Indiais the
7th largest country by geographical area and the 2nd most
populous country.

India is the
most populous liberal democracy in the world with 1.2 billion, with a 2.48
fertility rate in 2013.

oUN Population Fund says that India will eclipse
China as the most populous county by 2050.

India is the
world’s 9th largest economy by nominal GDP at 2.1 trillion.

oIndia is the second fastest growing (9.2%) large
economy.

oGoldman Sachs predicts India could have a larger
economy than the U.S. by 2050.

India is the
world’s 11th largest energy producer and 6th
largest energy consumer.

In 2014, India
spent $45 billion on its military.

Anuclear weapons state, it has thethird largest standing armyin the world and ranksninth in military expenditureamong nations.

oIn 2008 U.S. approved a civilian nuclear
cooperation agreement.

oIn 2005 U.S. signed a new defense framework which
enhanced bilateral military ties and stated that “The United states and India agree on vital importance of political and
economic freedom, democratic institutions, and the rule of law, security, and
opportunity around the world.”

The attack on
Mumbai confirmed the presence of Islamo-fascists within the country.

The Commonwealth of Australia is our
closest ally in Asia.

Australiais
composed of the Australian continent, the island ofTasmania, and numeroussmaller islands, the
sixth largest country by area.

The population of 23.6 million, with a 1.96 fertility
rate in 2013,is highlyurbanizedand heavily concentrated in theeastern statesand on the coast.

Australia is the
world’s 12th largest economy with a GDP of $1.5 trillion.

Australia is the
second largest investor in the U.S. economy with $45 billion.

Australia's spent $23 billion on its military in 2014.

South Korea is a democracy that lives
in the shadow of North Korea.

South Korea
maintains the 13th largest economy with a GDP of $1.4 trillion.

South Korea
holds $106 billion in U.S. debt.

South Korea is th third largest investor in
U.S economy at $182 billion, since 2005.

South Korea is
the seventh largest U.S. trading partner with imports of $250 billion and trade
exceeding of $70 billion.

The
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is the most heavily armed border in the world.

oActive duty military: 560,000 in Army, 64,000 in
Air Force, 68,000 in Navy.

South Koreans
favor political engagement with Pyongyang.

The PRC continues to threaten the
annexation of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan as another Chinese
province.

The PRC also claimsthe territoriesgoverned byTaiwan as its23rd
province.

US, Japan, Canada, Australia, and the European
Union never explicitly recognized China’s claim of sovereignty over
Taiwan.

Taiwan is the
world’s twentieth largest economy with a GDP of $219 billion.

Taiwan holds
$313 billion in U.S. debt.

Taiwan is the
eighth largest trading partner with exports of $32.2 billion and imports
of $18.4 billion.

North Korea remains one of the most
secretive communist regimes in the world.

North Korea
allocates about 25% of its GDP for defense, highest in the world.

o4.88% of population in active military.

oActive duty military: 950,000 in Army, 110,000 in
Air Force, 46,000 in Navy.

In 1994
President Clinton gave nuclear power technology in exchange for promise of
no weapons.

Bush identifying
Korea in Axis of Evil has been proven accurate by nuclear tests.